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hypersensitize

American  
[hahy-per-sen-si-tahyz] / ˌhaɪ pərˈsɛn sɪˌtaɪz /
especially British, hypersensitise

verb (used with object)

hypersensitized, hypersensitizing

  1. Photography. to treat (a film or emulsion) so as to increase its speed.

  2. Pathology. to strongly heighten a reaction upon reexposure to a particular antigen.

hypersensitize British  
/ ˌhaɪpəˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to treat (a photographic emulsion), usually after manufacture and shortly before exposure, to increase its speed

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Other Word Forms

  • hypersensitization noun

Etymology

Origin of hypersensitize

First recorded in 1895–1900; hypersensit(ive) + -ize

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